Bracelet.



PTENTED APR. 17, 1906.

J. M. CLARK, 2D. BRACELET APPIGATIoN FILED MAY18,1905.

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TO THE DAGGETT & CLAP CO., CORPORATION OF MAINE.

NORTH ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS, A

BRACELET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17', 1906.

Application led May 18,1905. Serial No. 261,011.

To all whom, it 11m/.y concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. CLARK, 2d, a citizen of the United States, residing at l North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in bracelets, and more particularly to an improvement in hinge-joints for bracelets.

The object of my invention is to improve the construction of hinge-joints for bracelets, thereby providing a bracelet with a strong and durable concealed joint.

A further object of my invention is to simplify the construction of a concealed joint for bracelets, thereby reducing the cost of manufacturing the same.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a two -part tubular bracelet connected together by a concealed hinge, said hinge consisting of a member hav ing a body portion shaped to iit in the end of one half of the bracelet and a central tongue part member shaped to tit in the adjacent end of the other half of the bracelet and constructed to have adjacent cut-away portions for the tongue and recesses in the face of the cut-away portions for the pintle and means for securing the members of the hinge in the bracelet, consisting of soldering the same in the adjacent ends of the bracelet, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a side view of a two-part tubular bracelet provided with my improved concealed hinge, showing the bracelet in the closed position in full lines and in the open position in broken lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the hinge, taken on a line drawn centrally from the outside to the inside of the bracelet, showing the hinge in the closed position in full lines and in the open position in broken lines. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on line X X of Fig. 2 through the hinge, and Fig. 4 is a face view ofthe hinge members in the position for assembling the same.

In the drawings, a indicates one half of a bracelet, t the other half, and c the concealed hinge of the bracelet. Each half a and b of the bracelet is constructed semicircular inform of a tubular rod which is oval in cross-section. The two halves when together form a complete circle, as shown in full lines in Fig. 1. The ends a and t are cut at an angle and coincide when the bracelet is closed. The ends a2 and b2 coincide when closed and may be secured in the closed position by any of the usual form of catches used for this purpose.

The hinge c consists of a member having the body portion c shaped to fit in the end c of the bracelet and the central tongue c2, having the circular end c3, forming the depression 04, and the oppositely disposed stamped-up teats c5 c5, forming the pintle of the hinge, and a two-part member shaped when closed to 'fit the end b of the bracelet, each part c6 having the coinciding cut-away portion c7 for the tongue c2 and in the face of the cut-away portions the stamped-in recess c8 for a teat c5, forming the pintle of the hinge, and the Vend c, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

The hinge c is assembled by bringing the members c6 c6 together in a position for the teats c5 c5 on the tongue to enter the recesses o8 c8 in the members. The members c c6 are now forced into the end t of the bracelet and the body portion c of the other member forced into the end c of the bracelet in a position to bring the pivot of the hinge into the end b of the bracelet, as shown in Fig. 2. The semicircular halves c and l) of the braces let are now closed. The body portion c and the inner ends C9 C9 of the hinge are now se-y cured in the ends a and b of the bracelet by solder in the usual way. In `opening the bracelet the outer edge of the end t enters the depression cA1 in the tongue c2, and this opening movement of the bracelet is limited by the bottom of the de ression c4 acting as a stop on the outer edge oi' the end b', as shown in broken lines in Fig. 2.

It is evident that the bracelet could have an ornamental design or be of any configuration desired without materially affecting the spirit of my invention.

` Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent# l. In a concealed hinge for bracelets, the combination of a member having'the body portion c', the central tongue c2 having the depression c4, and the circular end c3 and the IOO IOS

oppositely-disposed stamped-up teats c5 c5 forming the pintle of the hinge, all formed integral, and a two-part member, each part c having the cut-away portion c7 for the tongue c2 and in the face of the cut-away portion the recess 0B for a teat c5 on the tongue c2, as described.

2. In a bracelet, the combination of the tWo semicircular tubular parts a and b Which When together form the circular body of the bracelet having the ends a and b meeting in a plane oblique to the tangent, and the concealed hinge e consisting of a member having the body portion c, the central tongue c2 having the depression c4, and the circular end c3 and the oppositely-disposed teats c5 c5 forming the pmtle ofthe hinge, all formed integral, and a two-part member each part c6 having the cut-away portion c7 for the tongue c2 and in the face of the cut-away portion the recess e8 for a teat c5 on the tongue, and means for securing the hinge in the ends a and b of the bracelet, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES M. CLARK, 2D. Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLER, Jr., ADA E. HAGERTY. 

